Tom Lieber's Microblog

Obsidian customizations that just make sense!

These streamline linking:

⌘⌥C copies the path to the current note, but strips .md
⌘K pastes whatever link is in the clipboard, using the selected text as the link title
⌘O opens a fuzzy-file-finder that matches filenames, aliases, and level-1 headings; pressing ⌘K in it works
⌘N creates a unique note, turning the selected text into a link to it, and using the selected text as the new note’s heading

This is the only AI-powered command, but it’s ridiculously versatile:

⌘⌥G sends the currently selected text to Gemini and writes the result in a new note

These help me bring data into Obsidian:

The “Insert Due Tasks” command inserts all my due Google Tasks at the cursor location, and marks them complete
The “Sync Feed Items” command downloads the RSS feed linked from the note’s properties, and adds links to any items that aren’t already linked
The “Insert Inbox Links” command moves files out of the inbox subdirectory into the root of the vault, and adds links to them in the current note
The “Cleanup Text” command makes imported Markdown more Obsidian-y, like deleting the blank lines before and after headings

These gently nudge me when I’m about to introduce a partition in my graph 😱:

⌘W closes the current tab—unless it’s pinned, or it’s not linked directly or indirectly from Home.md
The “Open Random Orphan Note” command opens a random Markdown file that’s not linked directly or indirectly from Home.md
New tabs automatically show Home.md and ⌘⏎ opens Home.md

Finally, some GUI customizations:

Any link to a YYYY-MM-DD shows the day of the week and a countdown next to it, like “Thu; ←1mo”
.third-time files hold the JSON state for a Third Time timer and are rendered by Obsidian with a custom HTML GUI